A joint meeting on cell cultured meat or “lab-grown meat” could help direct labeling of the emerging alternative protein products, as well as address safety concerns.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will both be involved in regulatory oversight of cell-culture food originating from livestock and poultry, also known as "fake meat."
The one alt-meat message more compelling than the ‘Save the planet!’ mantra is one directed at food-industry executives and investors: Let’s make some money!
Settlement discussions are under way over a lawsuit challenging a Missouri measure making it a misdemeanor crime to promote plant-based food products as “meat.”
Marketers of fake meats already know that how lab-grown products are advertised has a big impact on consumer perceptions, which is why they pivot away from science to claims about helping save the planet.
A Show-Me state suit challenging use of the "meat" on food labels heads for trial as the parties say they have reached an impasse in talks to reach a pre-trial settlement.
